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Conseguir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to get / to obtain”.
Below are all of the conjugations for conseguir in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to get / to obtain |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | conseguir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está consiguiendo) and past continuous (estaba consiguiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. obtaining).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he conseguido and hubiera conseguido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have obtained).
| Gerundio / Gerund | consiguiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | conseguido |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I obtain” or “they obtain”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | consigo |
| Tú | consigues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consigue |
| Nosotros / as | conseguimos |
| Vosotros / as | conseguís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consiguen |
| Vos | conseguís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I obtained” or “she obtained” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | conseguí | I obtained |
| Tú | conseguiste | You obtained |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consiguió | He / she / you obtained |
| Nosotros / as | conseguimos | We obtained |
| Vosotros / as | conseguisteis | You obtained |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consiguieron | They / you obtained |
| Vos | conseguiste | You obtained |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was obtaining” or “she was obtaining” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | conseguía | I was obtaining |
| Tú | conseguías | You were obtaining |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conseguía | He was / she was / you were obtaining |
| Nosotros / as | conseguíamos | We were obtaining |
| Vosotros / as | conseguíais | You were obtaining |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conseguían | They / you were obtaining |
| Vos | conseguías | You were obtaining |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have obtained” and “she has obtained”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he conseguido | I have obtained |
| Tú | has conseguido | You have obtained |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha conseguido | He has / she has / you have obtained |
| Nosotros / as | hemos conseguido | We have obtained |
| Vosotros / as | habéis conseguido | You have obtained |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han conseguido | They / you have obtained |
| Vos | has conseguido | You have obtained |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would obtain” or “she would obtain”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | conseguiría | I would obtain |
| Tú | conseguirías | You would obtain |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conseguiría | He / she / you would obtain |
| Nosotros / as | conseguiríamos | We would obtain |
| Vosotros / as | conseguiríais | You would obtain |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conseguirían | They / you would obtain |
| Vos | conseguirías | You would obtain |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will obtain” or “they will obtain”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a conseguir” means “They are going to obtain”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | conseguiré | I will obtain |
| Tú | conseguirás | You will obtain |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conseguirá | He / she / you will obtain |
| Nosotros / as | conseguiremos | We will obtain |
| Vosotros / as | conseguiréis | You will obtain |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conseguirán | They / you will obtain |
| Vos | conseguirás | You will obtain |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | consiga |
| Tú | consigas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consiga |
| Nosotros / as | consigamos |
| Vosotros / as | consigáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consigan |
| Vos | consigas |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | consiguiera | consiguiese |
| Tú | consiguieras | consiguiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consiguiera | consiguiese |
| Nosotros / as | consiguiéramos | consiguiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | consiguierais | consiguieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consiguieran | consiguiesen |
| Vos | consiguieras | consiguiese |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | consiguiere |
| Tú | consiguieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consiguiera |
| Nosotros / as | consiguiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | consiguiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consiguieren |
| Vos | consiguieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “obtain!” and “don’t obtain!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | consigue | no consigas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consiga | no consiga |
| Nosotros / as | consigamos | no consigamos |
| Vosotros / as | conseguid | no consigáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consigan | no consigan |
| Vos | conseguí | no consigas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya conseguido |
| Tú | hayas conseguido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya conseguido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos conseguido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis conseguido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan conseguido |
| Vos | hayas conseguido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera conseguido / hubiese conseguido |
| Tú | hubieras conseguido / hubieses conseguido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera conseguido / hubiese conseguido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos conseguido / hubiésemos conseguido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais conseguido / hubieseis conseguido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran conseguido / hubiesen conseguido |
| Vos | hubieras conseguido / hubieses conseguido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere conseguido |
| Tú | hubieres conseguido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere conseguido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos conseguido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis conseguido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren conseguido |
| Vos | hubieres conseguido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté consiguiendo |
| Tú | estés consiguiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté consiguiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos consiguiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis consiguiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén consiguiendo |
| Vos | estés consiguiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera consiguiendo / estuviese consiguiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras consiguiendo / estuvieses consiguiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera consiguiendo / estuviese consiguiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos consiguiendo / estuviésamos consiguiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais consiguiendo / estuvieseis consiguiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera consiguiendo / estuviese consiguiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras consiguiendo / estuvieses consiguiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere consiguiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres consiguiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere consiguiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos consiguiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis consiguiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere consiguiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres consiguiendo |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos conseguís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos conseguiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos conseguías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos conseguirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos conseguirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos consigas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos consiguieras / Vos consiguiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos conseguí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no consigas |
